 twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride.  Noctes Ambrosianæ - Page 420by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - Quotations - 1866 - 320 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel than see, The beating of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride, And so I won my Genevieve — My bright and beauteous Bride ! THE GROOMSMAN TO HIS MISTKESS. ~T?VERY wedding,... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 208 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride. . 84 MISAPPREHENSION. A DRAMATIC SKETCH. BY T.... | |
 | Roses - Gift books - 1867 - 172 pages
...And partly 'twas a bashful art That I might rather feel, than see The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous bride. ST THE SHEPHERI) BOY'S SONG. TTE that is down... | |
 | Alice Cary - Amereican literature - 1867 - 432 pages
...all its fears, and hopes that kindled fears. At this, her confessor resumed his benign aspect, and " calmed her fears, and she was calm, and told her love with virgin pride." "But am I loved again?" she said; "that is what I want to know." " Yes, as tenderly, as devotedly as... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...partly 't was a bashful art, CO That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. * calm'd her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, 95 My bright and beauteous Bride. COLEBIDGE. THE ANCIENT MARINER. PAST VH. THIS... | |
 | Amanda M. Douglas - 1868 - 338 pages
...Auchester's invitation to enter, she caught, in his full, rich voice, the last lines of Coleridge's Love, — "I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her...with virgin pride ; And thus I won my Genevieve, My own sweet, smiling bride." " After the poets, Daisy," he said, glancing up. " And after Daisy, the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1868 - 714 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve. My bright and beauteous Bride. INTRODUCTION TO THE TALE OF THE DARK LADIE. 0... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, 90 That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, 95 My bright and beauteous Bride. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. CLXXXVI SHE WALKS... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...tear, And partly 'twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so 1 won m}' Gene vie ve, My bright and beauteous bride. LADY CLARE. (TENNYsoN.) It was the time when... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...And partly 'twas a bashfnl art, That I might rather feel than see The swelling of her heart. I calm'd her fears ; and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride ; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beanteons bride. THE NIGHTINGALE. No clond, no reliqne of the... | |
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